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When people talk about “City of Water" our mind naturally thinks about Venice. The Lagoon City, not without any reason, plays a monopolist role in the imagination when we talk about the relationship between the city planning and the vital element. But we need to dig a bit further, not in the ground but in the memories to discover that, despite what we believe, even the most popular Repubblica Marinara has more things in common with a City that can only “see the sea on a postcard”: Milano.

That’s what Milano City of Water at Palazzo Morando is: a journey in the memories to discover that water (or even better” the relationship with the water”) has always characterized life in Milan and it is now returning to surface. It is an Exhibition that, with 150 vintage pictures from public and private records, selected by the Curator Stefano Galli, tells the stories of water of the Milanese capital from the 13th and 14th centuries chronicles of Bonvesin de la Riva and of Galvano Fiamma to the birth of the Idroscalo mentioning the man in the diving suit in the Naviglio Grande and diverting on the wastewater treatment plants.

Is is an Exhibition that makes people think about how the vocation to the fluidity of Milan (its strong predisposition to creativity) could even find its responsiveness in its elemental soul. The Exhibition which will also include unpublished documents and cartographic material, has been promoted by the Municipality of Milan,Cultura, Servizio Musei Storici with the Association Spirale di Idee and will be open from the 12th of November 2015 to the 14th of February 2016.